NET Bible
"What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?"
— Genesis 18:24, NET Bible
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
“Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? ”
“What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?”
“If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?”
“If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?”
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?
Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),